£700ish

[killerbanjo]

Hey guys, looking to build a PC for gaming and its been a long time since i last did one myself, thus out of date with all the new bits and pieces...

What I have: OS, keyboard, mouse - speakers and headphones too if they count.

What i need: A full tower PC + A monitor, but i do have a crappy one that i could use, so forget the screen for now, just budget the the pc.

Thanks in advance!

[Surma]

You could try looking around this subforum for threads >1 month old with a budget matching yours and either copy straight off or use as inspiration. Or use google.

[Acapon]

snip

[killerbanjo]

How is this (had to mod the picture because of my tiny netbook screen)

[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/PC1.PNG[/IMG]

Total inc vat: £792.91

93 over budget but that includes a screen so only really 4 over budget excluding the screen...

EDIT: Already have a couple of large HDs that i can use, thats why i have only included an SSD in the mix - is such a large SSD worth it?

[Acapon]

I personally would only go for a 120gb ssd and save some ££ but it depends on if you realy need the space or not.

[killerbanjo]

Well i was thinking about that, because since my last reformat the only games i have installed is arma 2 arma OA and mount and blade warband and Red Orchestra 2 and its been 4 months - As well as reason 5 and lots of samples, so im not conviced i need the space, your right ill go for a 120gb because it will save some cash.

[Acapon]

i would highly recommend this ssd > [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-corsair-force-series-3-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-sandforce-read-550mb-s-write-510mb-s-85000-iops-p[/url]

[1solidsnake2]

[QUOTE=Acapon;36050800]i would highly recommend this ssd > [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-corsair-force-series-3-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-sandforce-read-550mb-s-write-510mb-s-85000-iops-p[/url][/QUOTE]

Eugh, SandForce.

Crucial M4 is a much better choice, cheaper than the Corsair too: [url]http://www.ebuyer.com/266526-crucial-128gb-2-5-m4-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-read-415mb-s-write-175mb-s-ct128m4ssd2[/url]

[Acapon]

[QUOTE=1solidsnake2;36051041]Eugh, SandForce.

Crucial M4 is a much better choice, cheaper than the Corsair too: [url]http://www.ebuyer.com/266526-crucial-128gb-2-5-m4-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-read-415mb-s-write-175mb-s-ct128m4ssd2[/url][/QUOTE]

Are you serious? the read and write speeds from the corsair far outdoes the m4

[1solidsnake2]

[QUOTE=Acapon;36054342]Are you serious? the read and write speeds from the corsair far outdoes the m4[/QUOTE]

Looking at sequential speeds is useless because that's hardly ever the case in real world uses.

[img]http://media.bestofmicro.com/D/T/320609/original/filecopy.png[/img]

[killerbanjo]

Ok thanks for the info but would you say this is a good build?

[Acapon]

[QUOTE=1solidsnake2;36055764]Looking at sequential speeds is useless because that's hardly ever the case in real world uses.

[img]http://media.bestofmicro.com/D/T/320609/original/filecopy.png[/img][/QUOTE]

64gb - 60gb ratio maybe, but i have seen the corsair's perform up to spec with my own eyes, so i will go with that still.

[editline]22nd May 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=killerbanjo;36055772]Ok thanks for the info but would you say this is a good build?[/QUOTE]

for £700 its not too bad, imo i would save a little more but that's just me.

[killerbanjo]

Would you just save money on the SSD? Like i said my last build had a 3.16Ghz dual core, core 2 duo processer in.... so im well out of date with the new stuff.